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Defective promise in photonics

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Using self-assembly to produce technologically useful photonic devices becomes more feasible with the demonstration of defect engineering in a self-assembled photonic crystal.

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    T. Andrew Taton & David J. Norris

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, Minnesota, USA

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Taton, T., Norris, D. Defective promise in photonics. Nature 416, 685–686 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416685a

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